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"keeping" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often retention (9 letters).
Definitions
Holding or retaining
Used in a sentence
“The songs are new but in keeping with tradition.”
“The foreground of this painting is not in keeping.”
“His happiness is in his own keeping.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Continuing to have”7 letters
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